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emerson
/ˈɛmɚ.sən/
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What does emerson mean?
proper noun
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, American writer.
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A city in Georgia, Bartow County, United States.
- A city in Mills County, Iowa.
- A town in Manitoba.
- A village in Nebraska.
- A borough in Bergen County, New Jersey.
- (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
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Some of them, like Emerson, not only believed that flight would come, but also stated why it had not arrived.
We have learned the simple truth, as Emerson said, that "The only way to have a friend is to be one."
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The stammerer, then, to paraphrase Emerson, should "Write it on his heart that TODAY is the very best day in the year."
Nature is full of freaks, and now puts an old head on young shoulders, and then a young heart beating under fourscore winters.--Emerson.
Besides his essays and lectures Emerson left some poetry in which is embodied those thoughts which were to him too deep for prose expression.